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Move over Sadie and Damien, there's a new northeastern Louisiana duo looking for fame and fortune in reality TV land.

Sarah Mullins of Mangham and Josh Varnado of Monroe are contestants on "The New Redneck Island," which premiers 10 p.m. Thursday on CMT. It's hosted by wrestling legend Steve Austin and country singer Jessie James Decker.

The series has been pre-recorded, and both are under contract not to reveal the outcome — though CMT touts plenty of "hijinks and hookups" as 12 men and 12 women compete in survivor challenges for the $100,000 prize.

"I can't really give too many juicy details, but it was fun. The object is to compete in these 'redneck' challenges, but they're definitely hard. They look easy at first but once you get up there and start doing them — it's not a cake walk," Varnado said.

The show was filmed on Lake Hartwell in Georgia, where the contestants lived in a two-story lake house stocked with plenty of alcohol.

"He was a good dude. We had a lot of conversations about hunting, and he'd go off to film and come back later to pick up the conversation. He was really genuine," Hartwell said.

Decker was the same, Mullins said.

She was impressed how "down-to-earth" both stars were.

"Stone Cold would come up to you and have a real-life conversation with you, and you're just staring at him in awe," Mullins said. "With Jessie we talked about fashion, shopping, traveling, cooking — after the first day it was like they were one of us."

The New Redneck Island was their first reality television appearance and while it was hectic, challenging and exhausting both want more opportunities on other shows.

"You wake up every morning and have microphones put on you, cameras chasing you 24/7 — it was crazy. I'm not used to people in my personal space, so it was really surreal having those people up your butt 24/7," Mullins said.

"I'd wake up to them in my face every once and a while," Varnado said.

Despite living in the adjacent parishes, "The New Redneck Island" was the first time the duo met each other.

"I was like, 'Who do you know?' 'Do you know this person, that person?' 'How do I not know you?' We finally figured out we had a mutual friend — it was my best friend and one of his really good friends," Mullins said.

Both made lifelong friends, but some butted heads.

The headbutting was expected, Mullins said.

"If you put alcohol and rednecks together you're going to get some head butts," Mullins said.

Follow Scott Rogers on Twitter @lscottrogers.

Online

Fans can follow along for exclusive news and video, photo galleries and more on CMT.com, the CMT App, the official Redneck Island Facebook page and on Twitter using #RedneckIsland.